My Long War (a Long War editor)

Let's welcome Robbery525! He's added a significant number of QoL and other improvements to the editor (Released!) and is now a co-developer on this project.

This is a macro-enabled MS Excel workbook that allows you to easily customise Long War. This tool is useful both for people completely clueless about modding as well as veteran tweakers. With it, you can painlessly change item stats, rearrange class perk trees, alter fatigue levels, or make any number of other tweaks. Updated for Long War v1. 0!

(Note that this is an independent project not ratified by either Firaxis or the Long War group.)

NEW! I've started uploading video tutorials on how to use this tool. The videos can be found on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmSqyoBy6a__3C2FJ2Cu2XVcFURb2sUPs

Requires Microsoft Excel 2007 or later (thanks for the info, madigan341).

• []Here's an alternative suggested by deaconivory: Upload it to Google Drive and then attempt to preview it. This will fail and you can then select "Office Viewer for Google Docs" from "Connected Apps" and it will open in "Excel Online". (Doesn't work.) []The free Open Office might work too, but you might want to read this: Can_I_use_my_Microsoft_Office_macros (Doesn't work.) []People with MS Office 2000/2003 could install the Office Compatibility Pack (thanks, deaconivory!): compatibility pack (Doesn't work.) []Looks like the current version can only run in MS Office. :( I may eventually try to port this to Open Office but am currently too busy IRL to do so. Sorry!

Long War, of course, may be downloaded here: http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/88/?tab=1

The tools in this workbook include the following:

• []A DefaultGameCore.ini extractor that pulls information from the DGC file and places it all in an easy-to-read format at the click of a button. Another button recompiles your changes back into an INI file without overwriting the original. []An INT extractor that helps you make basic changes to item descriptions and class names. []Editable tables that summarise the most important information in DGC. Press a button to populate a table, and press another button to export your changes. []A visual perk tree editor. []A customisable perk/item information window that shows you detailed perk or item descriptions when you mouse-over those entries. From version 1. 08, this can be set to automatically size itself to fit the text displayed. []As of v1. 10, there are two dedicated pages for the RoulettePlus ini file, along with a window that can be opened to allow much easier tweaking of the file to your liking. All of the major sections have an easy-to-use tab to add and remove various customizations. This editor was endorsed by the awesome creator of RoulettePlus as well!

OPTIONAL: I have also included an easy way to push in an extensive set of tweaks I've made to change the way the game is played. The major changes are:

[]The air war has been made easier: shorter interceptor repair and rearming times. []Primary weapons now come with an associated perk. E.g., Assault Rifles all come with Suppression while SMGs grant Close Encounters. Give a rookie an AR if you want him to play an infantryman role and an SMG if you want him to act like an assault. This substantially changes the pace and feel of the early game and increases the number of tactical options open to you from the start. Refer to the Weapon Changes screenshot to get an overview of these alterations. []Higher tier armour come with perks too. E.g., Corsair gives Packmaster while Shadow gives Low Profile. []Many items now work differently than in default Long War. E.g., Medikits grant the Field Surgeon perk, so as long as someone in your squad carries a m